Ephesians 4:1-14

1Therefore I, 1the prisoner of the Lord, 2implore you to 3walk in a manner worthy of the 4calling with which you have been 5called, 2with all 6humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another 7in love, 3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the 8bond of peace. 4There is 9one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one 10hope of your calling; 511one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all 12who is over all and through all and in all.

7But 13to each one of us 14grace was given 15according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8Therefore 16it says, “17When He ascended on high, He 18led captive a host of captives, And He gave gifts to men.” 9(Now this expression, “He 19ascended,” what 20does it mean except that He also 21had descended into 22the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended 23far above all the heavens, so that He might 24fill all things.) 11And He 25gave 26some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as 27evangelists, and some as pastors and 28teachers, 1229for the equipping of the 30saints for the work of service, to the building up of 31the body of Christ; 13until we all attain to 32the unity of the faith, and of the 3334knowledge of the Son of God, to a 35mature man, to the measure of the stature 36which belongs to the 37fullness of Christ. 1438As a result, we are 39no longer to be children, 40tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by 41craftiness 42in 43deceitful scheming;